Treasure Island (1990) | 
| Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
Actors: Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee, Richard Johnson
Studio: Turner Home Ent
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Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 105
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 132 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6301670108
UPC: 053939605938
EAN: 9786301670104
ASIN: 6301670108
Theatrical Release Date: January 22, 1990
Release Date: December 18, 2001
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A tale about a fatherless boy finding dramatically different father figures throughout a remarkable adventure, Treasure Island is an entertaining coming-of-age story, with themes of family, loyalty, friendship, trust, and honesty at its core. While Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure tale is popular film fare, it's never been done this well. Charlton Heston stars as Long John Silver and Christian Bale as plucky Jim Hawkins in this TNT production. Directed by Heston's son Fraser (who also directed the excellent family fare Alaska), the film remains faithful to the novel, and draws much of the spirit and excitement of the book. The action scenes are first-rate, and if the ship Hispaniola has never looked better or more authentic, no surprise: the ship is the original from 1962's Mutiny on the Bounty. The opening scenes are dark and rich, as they capture the period well, with careful attention to makeup (the teeth, the body grime!) and costuming. Oliver Reed and Christopher Lee are frighteningly effective as Capt. Billy Bones and Blind Pew, and the film's first half-hour is theirs. The tone shifts and lightens when Heston appears as the legendary pirate. Look for Pete Postlethwaite, Julian Glover, and Richard Johnson in wonderful supporting roles. The film marks Bale's segue from poignantly promising child actor (Empire of the Sun) to compelling teen (he would later continue to prove his talent as a versatile young actor in Little Women and Velvet Goldmine). --N.F. Mendoza
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Shiver TNT's timbers unless they issue the DVD right smart! May 21, 2004
R.L. Holly (Austin, TX USA)
31 out of 31 found this review helpful
Brilliant, wonderful adaptation of R. L. Stevenson's classic seafaring tale -- this is beyond doubt THE best pirate film to have yet been made. Bar none. If you don't clap this one to your heart, ye be a false-sworn landlubber, by thunder, and here's my affydavy on that!
stellar cast, fabulous adventure July 7, 2004
Alejandra Vernon (Long Beach, California)
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
A terrific telling of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure, Christian Bale as the young Jim Hawkins and Charlton Heston as Long John Silver are both superb, and head a great cast: Richard Johnson, Oliver Reed, Clive Wood, and Julian Glover among the many actors that bring the story to life. Filmed in Jamaica, as well as the Hispaniola, a beauty of a ship, the scenery and cinematography by Robert Steadman are marvelous.
The soundtrack is by Paddy Moloney and performed by The Cheiftains, and is also very effective.Christian Bale, so moving two years earlier in "Empire of the Sun", is here courageous and strong; only fourteen at the time this was made, he is quite remarkable, and Heston does a turn as the bad guy, and is sensational as old wily Silver, saying things like "I'll have yer liver for breakfast !".
Director Fraser Heston, who made his cinematic debut as the infant Moses in the 1956 "The Ten Commandments" his father starred in, keeps the pacing fast and though there are a lot of sword fights and shooting, it is mostly sound effects and there is very little in the way of gore, making the film suitable for children. The dialect of the sailors sounds foreign at first, but one soon gets used to it.
Originally made for television, this is rousing, exceptional story-telling, that will keep one's interest for numerous viewings.
Total running time is 132 minutes.
Vote for a DVD release at TCM December 22, 2005
Blackhawk (Huntsville, AL USA)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
If you would like to see this version of Treasure Island released on DVD, as I do, then please go to this link:
http://tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?scarlettTitleId=14882
and vote for it (on the right hand side of the screen).
If the link does not work, then do a Google search for Turner Classic Movies, then search on the site for Treasure Island (1990). Maybe if enough people vote for it, it will actually be released on DVD. It can't hurt.
Give Ted Turner the BLACK SPOT if he doesn't put this on DVD! April 9, 2006
M. MacGowan (California)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Okay....CLEARLY, there are many of us who have vehemently and emphatically stated how badly we want this movie to be RELEASED ON DVD! So, Mr. Turner....what's the deal? My wife and I saw this movie when it was first aired on TV, and INSTANTLY fell in love with it. It is, as others have mentioned, THE BEST PIRATE MOVIE EVER! As we all know, the TV and movie industries are all about $$$, and the bar silver surely awaits Turner Home Video should they release this AMAZING MASTERPIECE on DVD! We turned various family members on to this movie when it first aired, and we all agree that Charlton Heston IS LONG JOHN SILVER.
So, Mr. Turner, whatever your beef is with the NRA or what have you, as a man who is synonymous with movies, you have to admit, this movie is the BEST version ever of TREASURE ISLAND, and it is BEGGING to be released on DVD. So as Dr. Livesey stated to Billy Bones, "LET THAT SUFFICE."
A brilliant adaptation, definitely worth owning! January 6, 2000
Melissa Menifield (Pittsburgh, PA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I was hooked on this film from the first time I saw it on television almost 10 years ago. I had never actually read the book, but it didn't matter. From the opening sequence of Billy Bones (a very excellent Oliver Reed)'s arrival at the Admiral Benbow, through young Jim Hawkins (the even more excellent and underrated actor Christian Bale)'s adventure on the high seas in search for buried treasure, all the way up to the climactic battles between the good guys and the pirates led by the fearful Long John Silver (Charleton Heston, in what I consider his best role ever!), this film is nonstop action, adventure, and great fun! It has a great plot, great characters, and even some comical moments. It will make you want to pick up the book and read it all over again. Every person of every age and gender can appreciate this movie. It is an essential modern classic.
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